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Texas Legislature
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assign crimes to one of two categories: felony or misdemeanor
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felony
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a serious criminal offense, punishable by a prison sentence or a fine; a capital felony is punishable by death or life sentence capital: 5-99, fines up to 10,000 1st: 2-20, up to 10,000 2nd, 2-10, up to 20,000 voting rights for felons are restored after fines& other terms of punishment 6 months to life |
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misdemeanor
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a minor criminal offense usually punishable by a small fine or short jail sentence class A 1 year in county max, $4,000 class B 180 days in county, 2000 class C fine up to 500 |
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Three strikes provision
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a law that allows persons convicted of three felonies to be sentence to life impronment |
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Misdemeanor to felony
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traffic violations, speeding, driving w/ out license, DWI ,3rd DWI, vehicular, homicide, leaving the scene of an accident, theft indecent exposure up to $1500 |
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indecent exposure
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exposing ones private parts in public in such a way to alarm others exposed before a child(felony indecent exposure) |
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DWI in Texas
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1st offense: up to $2000, loss of driver license up to a year, annual fee $1000 or $2000 for 3 years 2nd:$4000, one month to a year in jail, loss of license up to 2 years, annual fee of $1000-2000 for 3 years 3rd: $10,000, 2 years prison, loss up to 2 years, annual 1000-2000 for 3 years |
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bail
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payment of money to the state as an assurance that an accused person who is released from jail pending trial will appear for trial, if accused does not appaear, the bail is forfeited
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probation
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punishment where an offender is not imprisoned but remains in the community under specified rules and under the supervision of a probation officer no incarceration sentence, remains in commnity, must follow set rules& under probation officer supervision, community service, counseling, treatment |
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parole
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the conditional release of an offender who has served some prison time, under specified rules and under the supervision of a parole officer conditional early release after serving prison time: must follow specific rules, under probation officer supervison |
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county attorney
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county official who prosecutes lesser criminal cases in the county court
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district attorney
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public official who prosecutes the more serious criminal cases in the district court
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plea bargain
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negotiated agreement in a criminal case in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty in return for the states agreement to reduce the severity of the criminal charge or prison sentence the defendant is facing
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Ruiz vs Estelle |
1972 Texas prisoners successfully brought class-action lawsuit against prison system under federal supervsion 1980-2002 |
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Local Government
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a form of public administration which in a majority of contexts, exist as the lowest tier of administration within a given state 254 county units county, city, special districts, counci of govt. |
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county govt. in texas
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set the county tax rate, road&bridge construction&maintenance, law enforcement, dispute resolution, record keeping, social services
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home-rule charter
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rules under which a city operates; local governments have considerable independent governing power under these charters. town w/ 75,000 residents may apply
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school district
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a specific type of special district that provides public education in a designated area select textbooks, school calendar, adopts a budge, sets the tax rate, hires superintendent |
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non-school special district
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any special district other than a school district; examples include municipal utility districts (MUDS) and hospital districts Flood control, community college |
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council-manage form of government
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a form of city government in which public policies are developed by the city council and executive and administrative functions are assigned to a professional city manage city council may select a mayor, hires a city manager |
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commisioner form of government
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a form of city government in which the city is run by a small group of elected commissioners who act in both legislative and executive capacities no city in tx has a pure commissioner form of govt. |
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mayor-council form of government |
a form of city government in which the mayor is the chief executive and the city council is the legislative body; in the strong mayor-council variation, the mayors powers enable him/her to control executive departments and the agenda of the city council; in the weak mayor-counci variation, the mayors power is more limited. council either at large or single member districts
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council of government(COG)
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a reignoal planning board composed of local elected officials and some private citizens from the same area. |
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municipal utility district(MUD)
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a special district that offers services such as electricity, water, sewage, and sanitation outside the city limits
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